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Originally Posted by patticake  Nice plants! I've never heard of a Gongora. |
Making myself abundantly clear from the start, I LOVE Gongoras. If I was told that I cold only grow a limited number of genera for the rest of my life and forced to choose, gongora would be on the list. Trouble is I don't seem to grow them very well. They need intermediate to warm conditions and very high humidity. They send up these little thread-like roots, straight up into the air and if you don't have the humidity to carry them, they suffer and decline.
But to the reason I love them so: Most of them look like tiny flying dragons hovering like a humming bird. No kidding. See for yourself:
http://www.orchidboard.com/community...ra-grossa2.jpg http://www.autrevie.com/Stanhopea/Go...nHoutte229.jpg http://users.skynet.be/jmv9874/gongo...claviodora.jpg http://www.biorquidtropic.com/images/Gongora%20aff.jpg
A few of the species have different shaped flowers but most of them are like the ones I pictured.